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DANIEL E. FISK.' 0F SPRI NGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS. Letters Patent lpio. 71,154, dated November 19, 1867; antedateol October 21, 1867.

l IMPROVEMENT IN POCKET-BOOK CLASES.

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'K Be it known that I, DANIEL E..F1sK, of' Springeld, Hampden county, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful improved Pocket-Book Claspyand I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description the reof,-rcference being hadl to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. In the drawingsv I Figure 1 represents a front view of a pocketbook open'and having my improved clasp.

Figure is a detailed view of a part of the clasp; and

Figure 3 a sectional view of the wallet-clasp. 4

This invention consists of a device by which a pocket-book or wallet and other articlesof that class may be kept closed, it being a substitute for the ordinary rubber band and the spring clasps also used.

In construction, I form my clasp of'a piece of sheet metal. having a proper spring, which is attached to the outside of thc wallet'itself'by means of one or more rivets. Upon the inside ofthe flap is an eye for the metal strap to pass into. This is more fully described hereafter. Thus, in the drawings, the metal strap A is shown fastened to the bottom partof the wallet by-meansof a rivet, a, leaving the upper end open, forming a tongue, which fits into the eye F made for it upon the ilapofthe'wallet. In construction, this leye is formed cfa piece of' sheet metal, first out out in the form shown in iig. 2. It isjthen doubled under the crease being made at b, and the flap c heilig bent back, as shown in fig'. 3,'the double thickness being fastened totbeinside ofthe wallet Hap by rivets e and f, and the upper end of the metal bent over the edge'of the ap at g'. The lower flap fl of the doubled metal extends downward, and is meant to protect the stul of the wallet from beingwornout by the end of the tongue A. Indig. 1, a sectional view shows the wallet as fastened, and the tongue Apassin'g between the'thicknesses ofthe doubled metal upon the Wallet flap, it having entered through the opening t, formed by cutting ont the flap c. In figs. 3 and 1 it is shown that the tongue A forms a clasp for the inside pocket of the; wallet, holding down the flap E of the same by its spring. y I

T he advantages of my improvements over those commonly in use are numer0us. In the wallet held by rubber bands, the rubber cloth rots, and the article is worthless after having been kept for any length of time in a store. The spring wallets do not close entirely when they are very full; while in mine the more that is in them the tighter they are held clasped. My device can be manufactured at a less cost than most of the metal clasps, and is more edicient in holding and wear than any other.

New, having described my invention, what I claim'as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A wallet-clasp, consisting olf the tongue A, attached to the outside of' the Wallet, land the eye F, attached to the flap of the same, the parts being arranged to operate substantially as shown.. i

D. E. FISK.

Witnesses:

EDWARD C. HYDE, J. B. GARDINER. 

